O'Hair Splits With Foley

The big golf instruction news this week is that Sean O'Hair has parted ways with golf instructor, Sean Foley.





O'Hair and Foley started working together right before the 2009 season. Here's a look at O'Hair's rankings over the years:

Drive = 3Jack's Advanced Total Driving Ranking
DZone = 3Jack's Adjusted Danger Zone Ranking
Sgame = 3Jack's Adjusted Short Game Ranking
Putt = 3Jack's Putts Against Average (3-25') Ranking

Categ……2008……2009……2010……2011 YTD
Drive……....77………....41………....64……...…..119
Dzone……...68………...29……….....98……….…95
Sgame……..123…..…..112…...…..129…….…..166
Putt………...119…..…..121…...…..130……..….130

O'Hair had a very good 2009 season from a ballstriking perspective. 2010 he was above average driving and average in the Danger Zone (typically, there's about 190 players that qualify for these rankings each season).

This year tells a different story. I also notice that his short game (shots 20 yards or less from the green) has taken a noticeable dip...going from below average to the bottom 10th percentile on Tour.

That regression in the Short Game may be due to bad misses, although it is measuring shots only 20 yards and in and my formula does take out some of the effect that distances within that 20 yard range can have.





3JACK